View synonyms for apical

apical

[ ey-pi-kuhl, ap-i- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, at, or forming the apex.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated principally with the aid of the tip of the tongue, as t or d.

apical

/ ˈæpɪkəl; ˈeɪ- /

of, at, or being the apex
of or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue, such as (t) or (d)

Origin of apical¹

1820–30; < Latin apic- (stem of apex ) apex + -al ¹

Origin of apical¹

C19: from New Latin apicālis, from Latin: apex

When a piece of the stem of Bryophyllum is cut off and its leaves are removed, the two apical buds will grow out first.

Rotation of the distal phalanx necessitates a descent of its apical portion and there occurs a "dropped sole."

In some of the Coleoptera I have found auditory rods in the apical segments, though this is by no means a common occurrence.

At the anterior end of the preoral lobe is a nervous thickening of the ectoderm called 226 the apical plate .

Fertile receptacle peduncled from an apical sinus of the thallus, radiately lobed.

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